Working to live or living to work? Work/life balance early in the career

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 5-20

  Sturges, Jane ^a   Guest, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84951028796     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2004.tb00130.x     Document Type: Article

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